ZardCast

Broadcasting from the Capital of the Free World, ZardCast is a weekly podcast revolving around the Washington Wizards. Host CT Schwink and a rotating cast of characters break down the week that was in Wizards basketball, dissecting games, hitting on the big stories, as well as unsuccessfully predicting the future. Of course, the conversation is never completely bound to basketball. Come for the hoops and stay for the discourse, because we're never quite sure where this discussion will go.

Broadcasting from the Capital of the Free World, ZardCast is a weekly podcast revolving around the Washington Wizards. Host CT Schwink and a rotating cast of characters break down the week that was in Wizards basketball, dissecting games, hitting on the big stories, as well as unsuccessfully predicting the future. Of course, the conversation is never completely bound to basketball. Come for the hoops and stay for the discourse, because we're never quite sure where this discussion will go.

Today on ZardCast, the guys return to talk about the Washington Wizards big move for Markieff Morris at the trade deadline, an up-and-down start after the All Star break, Garrett Temple’s Temple Run, a packed "This Week in John Wall" and much more.

Topics discussed include:

The guys are back! They took off a week for the All Star Game, CT was in Florida this week

The Wizards are players at the trade deadline once again, bringing in Markieff Morris

Today on ZardCast, the guys welcome Wiz of Awes Editor Ben Mehic to the show following a win over the New York Knicks to talk about everything wrong with the Washington Wizards including needing star performances from John Wall to beat bad teams. Later, CT and Dave discuss the circus that was Golden State coming to town, John Wall and Steph Curry dueling, a podcast business meeting goes all wrong at the 76ers game and another terrible loss in Charlotte. Plus: Pop Culture Detour on The People vs. OJ Simpson.

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The guys convene following a win over the New York Knicks and are joined by Wiz of Awes Editor Ben Mehic

Running down a close win over the Knicks that the Wizards nearly blew. It sucks we need superstar performances from John Wall to barely beat bad Eastern Conference teams

Ben says there’s no downside to firing Randy Wittman

Are you a believer in the narrative that they’ll take advantage of a weak schedule, Alan Anderson coming back and playing well? Ben doesn’t think the Wizards are capable

His biggest complaint is Ernie Grunfeld’s roster construction

Does Kevin Durant love his cousins?

Is uncertainty around Otto Porter a thing? The Wizards just figured out he’s best at the four position

Kris Humphries returns from injury, shoots a three

Ben says Alan Anderson has the best handshake game

Check out Wiz of Awes new podcast, Taking Care of Wizness

Golden State Warriors come to town and it’s like the goddamn circus showed up

Steph Curry goes nuts and 7 threes, scores 25 in the first quarter. Ends up with 51 total

John outplays him for the next three quarters, scoring a season high 41

Warriors able to fend off Washington in an entertaining game

ZardCast was in the building for the Wizard’s win over Philadelphia

CT gets the all you can drink package, Dave and Duncan wanted to utilize the outing to talk business

Duncan is heated at CT for not taking things serious, doesn’t post for the podcast

John Wall notches a triple double

Zards really know how to lose in horrific fashion when in Charlotte, did the same thing back in November

Jared Dudley is shooting 47% from three, not invited to the three point challenge during All Star Weekend

Today on ZardCast, CT, Dave and Duncan begrudgingly discuss the Washington Wizards as they haven’t been very fun to watch as of late. They start off by addressing Internet drama with a certain Bullets Forever blogger, what they’ll discuss when the season ends prematurely, a gross loss to the Denver Nuggets, a wild win in Houston and being overmatched in Oklahoma City. Later, the podcast gets back to its roots by discussing the young adult fiction genre, Kevin Durant possibly going to the Warriors, Gilbert Arenas as the Frank Abagnale of strip clubs, John Wall’s third All Star Game and a February schedule that looks far more promising than January’s slate.

Topics discussed include:

Duncan explains his beef with Jake Whitacre

The guys throw out ideas for what to do on the podcast whenever the Wizards season is actually over. CT suggests the O.J. Simpson drama, Dave insults the listeners and wants to read his TV pilots

Wizards lose a gross one to the Denver Nuggets. Duncan says this was an awful match-up and says no one should’ve watched this

Washington wins a wild one in Houston, get ONE defensive stop and hang onto the win

Nene and Dwight Howard are both ejected

The guys hate how the referees are always the focus in Rockets games between the cynical play of Howard and James Harden

The pod gets back to its roots by discussing young adult fiction. Duncan watched Insurgent, CT is excited to watch Mockingjay, Part 1 on Amazon Prime

The Oklahoma City Thunder smashed the Wizards

Thunder couldn’t miss in the first quarter, any time the Zards would creep back in the game OKC would pour it back on

Gene Wojnarowski floats the possibility of Kevin Durant heading to the Golden State Warriors

Dave hates Karl Malone

Gilbert Arenas admits to credit card fraud on Instagram, has really been going off the rails lately

Arenas is like the Frank Abagnale of strip club security

“This Week in John Wall”

John makes his third All Star Game

Dave hasn’t heard from John, wants to hire a skywriter to get his attention

CT took a Caribbean history class because he loves pirates

Who is the most swashbuckling member of the Warriors?

Wednesday is looking to be a night similar to Kobe Bryant’s final time in D.C.

Duncan went to a Capitals game and was reminded of the stark disparity between crowds at the Verizon Center